The good PPO
There are two different groups opposing the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) -- human rights groups for whom it is a matter of primary and professional concern, and the bad…
Musharraf first
Back in Cadet College Hasanabdal, you knew as a 12-year old that you never named names. If you succeeded as a team, the credit was shared. If you failed, the…
Treason or travesty?
Well before a formal indictment, sections of the media and society have already rendered virtual verdicts on the guilt of retired Gen Pervez Musharraf. Given the manner in which public…
Tax data and right to information
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in compliance to commitment given by the Finance Minister to the Senate on January 7, 2014 that details of all parliamentarians would be made…
Principles of interpreting contracts
Quite frequently what was thought to be a well drafted contractual document turns out to be an ambiguous document which no one had imagined. It so happens because the same…
A new system
Much is being written and said about the trial of General (r) Musharraf. It is notable that the emergency declared November 3, 2007 was declared legal by the Supreme Court…
The man’s a miracle!
Over the top If anyone can produce a man with 10 percent of the qualities that Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf represents so casually, I will not only be forever indebted…
Continuity or change?
IT is not easy succeeding someone as polarising as Iftikhar Chaudhry. Those who love him would want Chief Justice Tassadug Jillani to be his clone. Those who hate him would…
Elusive prison reforms
PRISONERS are also human and have a certain dignity which is provided by our Constitution: thus spoke the Chief Justice of Pakistan at a workshop on prisoners’ vulnerability some time…
Menace of extortion
AMONG the heinous crimes which have spread across urban Pakistan over the past five or six years is the collection of bhatta or ‘protection’ money and extortion. Primarily a Karachi…
